KIRO Newsradio Legend

Dave Ross

Dave Ross spent 47 years as a host at KIRO Newsradio 97.3 FM before departing in December 2024. Dave won the national Edward R. Murrow Award for writing five times since he started at KIRO Newsradio in 1978. Dave left an indelible legacy at KIRO Newsradio that won't soon be forgotten.

Why Donald Trump won’t quote the Bible

Trump has been adding to his speeches that the Bible is his favorite book. So why was this his response when a reporter asked him his favorite parts?
11 years ago

Trump doesn’t know and it doesn’t matter

Donald Trump recently dodged a question, and a reporter, dealing with how he actually plans to deport 11 million illegal immigrants.
11 years ago

Another round of Fill in the Blanks with Dave Ross

It's a financial edition of Fill in the Blanks. This time, Dave Ross asks you what the proper response to a stock market dive is.
11 years ago

Something to distract you from your plunging retirement fund

I have something to relax you while you watch your retirement fund tank.
11 years ago

Could any of us do what they did?

Not many summer vacation stories can match the one that Alek Skarlatos, a soldier just back from Afghanistan, can tell about his trip with a couple of friends on a high-speed train from Amsterdam to Paris last Friday.
11 years ago

What was hovering above Lakewood last night?

Last night on George Noury's Coast-to-Coast, airing on KIRO Radio 97.3 FM, a local UFO sighting made the national UFO roundup.
11 years ago

That’s enough! No more Miss Nice Lady!

Viral-video sensation Cherry the waitress could speak to how we all would really like someone to say what they're really thinking.
11 years ago

Inside one of Seattle’s first charter schools

The Summit Sierra charter school has opened in Seattle's International District as one of the first of its kind after Washington approved charter schools.
11 years ago

Why would anybody willingly do sex work?

A Seattle sex worker says the city's approach to prostitution and other sex work is misguided. Mistress Matisse says she doesn't need help, and would like to have protection of the law.
11 years ago

Is the Ashley Madison data breach morally justifiable?

The recent Ashley Madison data breach exposed 30 million men who signed up to cheat on their wives. That's a lot of men. Does that make them a special interest group?
11 years ago

The FDA liberates the female libido

The FDA has finally approved the little pink pill, the so-called female Viagra, 17 years after the male version.
11 years ago

It’s time for Supreme Court to issue real threat

The Washington Supreme Court's threat to fine the Legislature $100,000 per day turns out to be less of a threat than I originally thought.
11 years ago

Amazon may be ruthless, but in a different way than you expect

Responses and commentary have exploded in the wake of a New York Times article describing Amazon as a company with ruthless working conditions.
11 years ago

Maybe if we don’t say his name, he will go away

Another week in the presidential campaign gone by, and none of the candidates could upstage _____. Now, some press are refusing to cover his antics.
11 years ago

US now has relations with Cuba, but some still want payback

The US once again has an official embassy in Cuba. But that doesn't mean all is forgiven. Not even close.
11 years ago

Colorado has been haunted by its toxic past

What's going on after a major spill into the Animas River, is that Colorado is being haunted by its past.
11 years ago

Could micro-homes be a solution to homelessness?

You think those new 200-square foot apartments are small? How about 60 square feet?
11 years ago

Hackers are getting into top US officials’ emails and reading them

Hackers have been getting into the emails of top US officials and reading important information...or is that what we want them to believe?
11 years ago

The government flight study that will scare you

It's a study the government decided to keep secret for three years. Probably because it would have scared too many people.
11 years ago

A look back at football and TV legend Frank Gifford

Frank Gifford has died at the age of 84. He was a personality even before joining the New York Giants, and carried that personality through the years, over a range of mediums.
11 years ago

Somebody’s bluff was called at the Republican debate

The bad news for Donald Trump started with the first question. After that, he was on display.
11 years ago

The Iran deal sounds like war no matter what

President Obama defended his deal with Iran and it seems if you listen to him or his critics, the options are between war and war.
11 years ago

Could it be that helping poor countries is simpler than we think?

GiveDirectly is an organization tackling Third World poverty in a novel way.
11 years ago

A plague of drones is upon us

Drones are hovering across headlines and causing quite a concern.
11 years ago